The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-05-21

exhibit the most violent contortions.
His homeopathic friend, DR.. Preu, found
that infnitesimal dilutlons had the most
prodigious effects upon him. The doc
tor performed innumerable experiments,
and in every case the boys sensation
was that which the homeopathic theory
required it should be. Hahnemann de-
clared that this child of nature was a liv-
ing demonstration of homeopathy and
the confusion Of its enemies.
Meanwhile Caspar was placed in charge
of Professor Daumer to be educated.
Daumer regarded him as prodigy, and
pursued his work with truly scientific
zeal. His family, however, soon discover
ed that this paradisiacal child was an in
veterate liar. When the Professor him
self was finally forced to admit this, he
was greatly panied, and began to lose in
terest in his charge. The boy felt this
and saw that something must be done to
regain the ground he was losing. Ac-
cordingly, shortly after his first falling out
with the Professor, he came rushing home
one evening, and reported that the mon
ster who had confined him had attacked
him, stabbed him and fed. The sur
geons who examined the wound and
heard the story reported that the wound
was selt-inficted, probably with razor.
But the gossips about the town remem-
bered to have seen suspicious man in
the neigborhood, and increased interest
was taken in the victim of such contin-
ued persecution.
Afterward Caspar was received into
the family of the Earl of Stanhope as an
adopted son. He was placed in charge
Of tutor who happened to be man of
sense. The tutor finally told the boy
that he intended to tell the Earl of his
inveterate lying. In order to save him
self the boy again became the victim of
persecution. He came running home one
day with wound in his side, and told of
another attempted murder. This second
wound proved more serious than he had
intended. After three days he died. This
event happened four years after his first
appearance in Nuremberg.
Hauser's death gave new impetus to
German speculatiops respecting his ORR
gin and character. In spite of the fact
that one writer in Berlin published
book showing the perfect absurdity of
every claim he had made, and citing the
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patrons had detected him, the German
public refused to be skeptical. The ex,
posture of Caspar's true character was
greeted with such comments as these:
"If we should ever hear that the author
had been put in chains as maniac, we
should not be surprised" "Hell itself
has it's abomniable representatives on
earth" Rather than incur such abuse
the prudent man remain ed silent Mean
while the credulous went on with their
conjectures. Pamphlets were written to
prove that Hauser was the descendant of
this or the other noble family. One
good lady went insane over an attempt
to show that Hauser was the son of a
certain Hungarian nobleman. King
Louis of Bavaria joined in the specula-
tions, and threw the weight of his royal
authority in favor of the theory that Hau-
ser was the real heir of the Grand Duchy of
Baden. This theory, like every other one,
was proven absurd but the enemies of the
house of Baden kept constantly reviving
it. AS late as 1872 the aged Professor
Daumer published a new and learned
study, regarding the child of Europe
"his innocence, his sufferings, and his
origin. u Christian Union.